Red Letter Media On The Jean-Luc Picard Star Trek Revival
The promised revival of the character of Jean-Luc Picard from the science-fiction show, Star Trek: The Next Generation, has caused noContinue Reading
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The EU Copyright Directive Will Stifle Online Free Speech And Creativity
The European Parliament has voted in support of the EU’s new Copyright Directive, with 438 MEPs favouring the controversial draftContinue Reading
Masked Men In Paramilitary-Style Gear Escorted By Gardaí During Dublin Eviction
The incident late yesterday, when masked gardaí provided heavy protection to similarly masked, black-clad private security contractors attempting to gainContinue Reading
JRR Tolkien And Arthur Conan Doyle: The Deaths Of Gandalf The Grey And Sherlock Holmes
A few weeks ago I received a rather beautiful blu-ray boxset from Japan of the 1984-94 adaptation of the SherlockContinue Reading
Boris Johnson’s Suicide Vest Diplomacy With The EU
Talking of political inanity, Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom’s former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and theContinue Reading
The Tory Brexit Plan: Defend The Falkland Islands And Build A Star Wars Missile Shield
Over the weekend the press in the UK carried a number of leaked recommendations from a draft report by the EuropeanContinue Reading
The Irexit Freedom Party. Nigel Farage’s Brexit-Abetting Irish Fifth Column?
Yesterday saw the launch of the risible Irexit Freedom Party (IFP), a fringe political grouping opposed to Ireland’s decades-old membershipContinue Reading
UK Minister Bradley: I Didn’t Understand That Nationalists Don’t Vote For Unionists
Among the ministerial offices of the United Kingdom, the position of Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is generally viewedContinue Reading
NYT: Senior White House Officials Are Ignoring Or Blocking Donald Trump’s Instructions
Many fans of the NBC television series, The West Wing, regard the eighteenth episode of the second season as one ofContinue Reading
Fairweather Manor: Live Action Role-Playing Meets Downtown Abbey
Aside from a few minor quibbles about pacing, I really enjoyed the second season of Westworld, the HBO television dramaContinue Reading
White House Chief Of Staff John F Kelly: Trump Is “Deranged”
Among the many revelations expected in Fear, the new book on the Donald Trump administration by the veteran journalist BobContinue Reading
A New Look For The White Fox
As regular readers will have noticed, there has been a bit of a change to the look and layout ofContinue Reading
The Latest Northern Poll Continues Trend Favouring A Reunited Ireland
The latest survey of voter opinions in the north-east of the country continues the trend of recent months, reflecting increasedContinue Reading
The Irexit Freedom Party. Or UKIP Ireland
If you’re among the 7% of the electorate who believes that Ireland should abandon its membership of the European UnionContinue Reading
The Mysteries Of Google Search Engine Optimisation
A few weeks ago I had a brief reminder of why Google remains the king of internet search engines, eclipsingContinue Reading
From AMC’s Lodge 49 To The Imperial Mail Of The Holy Roman Empire
I have no idea why I have such an interest in the history of the Holy Roman Empire, the long-livedContinue Reading
Theresa May And The UK’s Brexit Scramble For Africa
Dismissing predictions of economic catastrophe if the United Kingdom fails to reach a substantive withdrawal agreement with the European Union,Continue Reading
DW Documentary: Coal Mining In America’s Heartland
Since the start of 2017 the German public service broadcaster Deutsche Welle, which caters for audiences around the globe, hasContinue Reading
Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg: We Can Reimpose A Border “Just Like During The Troubles”
Brexit fanaticism in full effect as the Conservative Party politician Jacob Rees-Mogg, one of the main leaders of the anti-European campaignContinue Reading
Nigel Farage’s IRA And EU Conspiracy Theory Is The Real Threat To Peace
As I asked in a previous article, is there any depth to which the British supporters of Brexit will notContinue Reading
A Hard Brexit UK Will Abandon Responsibility For Cross-Border Trade In Ireland
I suspect that most readers will be less than surprised by yesterday’s news that the inept Conservative Party government inContinue Reading
Gemma O’Doherty And That Presidential Candidacy
It’s probably too early in the race for Áras an Uachtaráin to pay overmuch attention to the mixed slate ofContinue Reading
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